#Study of a Young Woman

[cutehomeart]

Painted around 1665-1670, "Study of a Young Woman" is an intimate and sensitive portrayal of a young woman, seated against a soft green curtain, lost in her thoughts. The depth of detail in the painting is a testament to Vermeer's painstaking attention to the nuances of light, color, and texture.

The unnamed protagonist of the "Study of a Young Woman" stirs curiosity, and as viewers, we cannot help but wonder about her identity. Is she a daughter, a servant, or a muse? With her gaze averted and introspective, she allows us a peek into a world otherwise unseen. Her modest dress and tightly buttoned bodice are suggestive of the conservative, middle-class lifestyle of the era, subtly narrated through the artist's brush strokes.

#art #culture #art history #artwork #painter #painting #artblog #wall art #home decor #johannes vermeer #vermeer #study of a young woman #oil painting #dutch art #dutch painter #dutch artist

[vvaerae]

Happy first Mandy Monday of 2014 <3

#saw #amanda young #saw fanart #shawnee smith #saw ii #saw x #saw iii #mandy monday #film study #leigh whannell #james wan #I love this woman so so much #saw franchise #saw movies #dead by daylight

[solradguy]

I'm so grateful that the only GG fans that care about the light novels are the ones that can be normal about things because Lightning the Argent goes from the rawest scenes of carnage imaginable to Ky Kiske doing something mildly religious like offering a short, silent, prayer for someone that got mangled to death by WMD dragons, and I just know that, in the wrong hands, those brief religious moments would generate the most annoying goddamn memes you could ever imagine

#textpost #I have a mountain of beef with catholicism specifically and am negative percent religious #But the punchline to so many Ky jokes is just “ha ha catholic” like come onnnnn get creative #Religion on its own isn't bad. Look instead at how an individual interacts with it and judge from there #Untapped potential in how Ky's consistently depicted praying to Mary/an unspecified female saint for example #Actually... How come I've never seen anyone analyze that aspect of his belief? #His parents died when he was pretty young (iirc) so their influence couldn't've been too much of a contributing factor in that #Maybe he was closer to his mom in the brief time he had with his parent(s)? #Almost all of the Holy Order knights/members they've ever shown have been male too #So I wonder if maybe it's more like the calm/uncombative protective presence of a sacred woman is comforting to him? #It's definitely a stark contrast to the types of things he's generally exposed to in his daily life in any case #Another interesting contrast is how much Sol DOESN'T like religion #He's got some sarcastic lines about God and stuff even pre-Gearification. Wonder what the story with that is... #Anyway Ky only expressing his religion in private moments is interesting to me too #I can't think of an instance where he ever forced it on someone else or tried to explain something as happening just because God willed it #He's smart and logical and yet he still has this spiritual component... #Man is his character is complex. Studying this blond kid under a microscope...

[onewholivesinloops]

it's called gousotsu because it's the reverse of sotsugyo - 'graduating' into adulthood - and the entire show is about satoko's attempt to escape this graduation by retreating back to the safety of childhood and how she's regressed in her attempt to heal from trauma.

#it's such an important framework for engaging with satoko's relationship with rika and her motives as a culprit #her special relationship with rika that didn't need to be defined when they were children #is no longer considered okay by st. lucia and society at large because they're no longer innocent children #st. lucia is where they’re expected to care about societal norms and standards #such as prioritizing their studies and upholding the image of 'proper young woman' that the school promotes #as well as the approval of their peers and satoko is someone incapable of conforming #their relationship would be thought of as weird at best and wildly inappropriate at worst if they continued it as they've been doing #it's why rika's friends act like satoko did something appalling when she so much as hugs rika #this is why st. lucia also has huge class s vibes #gamo.txt

[orchideae]

Me over here: Yelan in her 20s? I can't warrant it. 31 is the go-to on this blog for madame.

#[ mini study. ] that which hides inside her… that constant calling; it is the blood of heroes which has been howling for 500 years. #[ somewhere early 30s. i don't like putting her at a whole 30. but she also hasn't hit the mid-30s yet. ] #[ but she's done too much in my opinion to be anywhere younger than her very late 20s at /youngest/. ] #[ but she also has a mind that screams to me that she's had life experience-- not as in 'life experience through trauma'-- ] #[ but she feels like a woman who's been around a while. she speaks like she has. she's spent time in the world. ] #[ kind of in the beidou/ning camp. i don't know whether ningguangs hc her around a similar age-- but i talked to lottie for beidou. ] #[ and it just; sometimes it feels right for a character of mine for once. ] #[ but yes-- i just wanted to state it. there's no 'young lady' here unless it's to tease/mock/whatnot. ]

[queerbting]

rewatching nuwho and i'm rlly.... why is human nature / family of blood just racist hit after racist hit after racist hit against martha . followed by a heavy dose of classist (+ misogynistic!!!!) behavior directed against her afterwards where the humans of 1913 england treat her like a weird alien from another world (the doctor in human form included!!!).

also, why do they have the doctor a) be actively bigoted and b) fall in love with a racist nurse who specifically speaks down to martha (someone who the doctor cares for). they create this "unassuming" white woman character and then have her be awful to martha but we're supposed to believe that she is kind and sympathetic worthy of being the human doctor's love interest, more than martha being treated as a human being. (and then that we should cry over her lost love/future in the end)

like why. genuinely why. what is the point .

also objectively what function does the nurse serve that martha jones could not have. she's even a medical student like !!!!!! going undercover as a nurse would not be that far off!! and plus, i'm not even a tenmartha shipper but it would fit more for the emotional arc of martha's character to get what she wanted all season in human nature / family of blood (the doctor falling in love with her!!! wish fulfillment !!!!!! ) only to realize the cruelty of what this would be like in reality if she were never to open the watch (despite her finally having what she "wants"), and finally understanding and having to give john smith up. it could've been a really tragic, but human moment (like a lot of other things in dw!).

then 10 and martha's relationship could actually be on some sort of equal footing. bc martha had a taste of what it would be liked to be loved by him (or someone similar to him, at least), and chose in the end to let it go. it would give her emotional closure, etc. and would show her choosing the /actual/ doctor (not human) and the friendship she has with him, rather than a lifetime with a human that she fell in love with who happens to look like him.

could've been a really cool moment of both character development and then bonding between the doctor and martha afterwards in their newfound partnership, so half of martha's character is no longer swallowed up by her pining for him.

but no. instead they go and hide in racistville and martha is a servant who experiences racism/misogyny/classism and microaggressions from white people + aliens over two episodes for nearly no reason .

#like it's crazy #i think a lot of this went over my head as a kid because i did not know much about british history or nuwho's environmental contexts #so i didn't understand a lot of the unspoken dialogue and class-race implications coming from MULTIPLE CHARACTERS in these episodes....... #but coming back to martha's arc and hn / fob especially as an adult is just..... genuinely so awful #there's no narrative reason it's just racist #so so weird and uncomfortable to watch #it can't be too much to ask to treat her like a human being #martha jones #dw s3 #dw criticism #doctor who #dewpost #also her being written half the time this season as a love sick puppy who doesn't get it depends on the doctor for almost everything #instead of a resourceful and emotionally intelligent young black woman who is studying to be a medical professional !!!! drives me insane #sometimes they write her well but it feels few and fare between sometimes bc they want martha to be in love with 10 sooooo badly #rather than them being a kickass medical student (a doctor) plus The Doctor duo !!!! could've been so much fun #and instead we are left with this #human racist john smith with no narrative repercussions for viewing/treating a companion of his in a derogatory fashion #super cool bbc thank you very much #human nature #family of blood

[torchwood-99]

Eowyn became a healer after the books ended. So Eowyn would have had to be trained, alongside other trainee healers.

What I'm saying is, after ROTK, after helping Eomer rebuild Rohan, Eowyn went to university.

I bet you, after all that misery, after all that confinement and isolation and years of feeling her potential going to waste, she loved that student life.

I have headcanons of the Lady of Rohan and new Princess of Ithilien balancing her diplomatic duties, with her as a newly liberated young adult throwing herself into her uni days.

You know Eowyn went wild during freshers' week.

It doesn't matter she has classes in the morning and then a diplomatic reception that King Elessar personally invited her to, she's doing shots. It's ok, her husband will come pick her up. He's so lovely, he treats her like a princess. Because she is literally a princess. And yeah, she has an essay due, but she'll take it along with her to the state dinner and get it done there, so she's totally free for a scavenger hunt. Ultimate Frisbee in the gardens of the Houses of Healing, anyone?

#Lotr #Lord of the Rings #Eowyn #Eowyn x Faramir #Farawyn #while this is cracky it stands to reason Eowyn would have had gone through a trainee healer phase #and as a young woman it must have been exciting for her to go to a new place and learn new things alongside new people #and to mix with people of different ranks and backgrounds and bond with them during this shared venture #and then coming home at the end of the day to tell Faramir about what they've been studying and what new subject is her total obsession #and what hilarious thing Morwen did in a lecture when the teacher's back was turned #I need more Eowyn as a healer content

[urtrickster]

marrowshipping my beloved. valentina nd amanda have so much potential and i wish to explore it more in the future

#the thoughts. #marrowshipping #amanda young #valentina saw x #i just think amanda could use another girlfriend in all honesty #the doomed yuri this woman attracts is fascinating and should be studied

[shevelevandrew]

Digital master studies, 2023 Soft: Ps

#drawing #art #arts #study #studies #master copy #john singer sargent #zinaida serebriakova #digital arwork #adobephotoshop #quick study #nude figure #young #woman #2023 #andrewshevelev #andrew shevelev

[empirearchives]

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon dreams

Early 1800s, France

#Pierre-Paul Prud'hon #Prud'hon #1800s #19th century art #La gazette drouot: Study for the Young Woman at the Front of the Boat in the Painting “The Dream of Happiness” #The Abduction of Psyche by Zephyrus to the Palace of Eros #Louise de Guéhéneuc duchesse de Montebello #Drawing of Female Nude with charcoal and chalk #19th century #1800s art #neoclassical art #neoclassicism #neoclassical #art #painting #women in art #napoleonic era #first french empire #french empire #napoleonic #empire style #empire #france #French #French art #pretty

[katierosefun]

you know the stress and anxiety is stress and anxiety-ing when, in a desperate effort to make you feel at least somewhat in control of your life, you wind up making a google calendar for next week that literally has zero free time in between because the only way you can calm down is if you have literally barely any time to tie your shoelaces

#caroline talks #anyways. did i really just snap and go 'STRUCTURE. I NEED STRUCTURE. I NEED TO CONTROL SOMETHING.' #and then block out my entire calendar for next week that's just 'YOU WILL STUDY X DURING THESE HOURS AND Y DURING THESE HOURS.' #yes. i did. #for better or for worse i've decided to channel somewhat insane high school caroline. and also somewhat insane freshman/senior year college #caroline. which is to say. very insane. #tired of joking 'haha. 18-22 year old caroline would probably beat my ass in two seconds.' #going to make it a reality. summoning the old gods again or whatever #(the old god being a very angry very determined very insane young woman who studied like her life depended on it) #(and maybe that is the case right now. IT'S FINE. I'M FINE--)

[imwritesometimes]

currently wrestling with 'this looks too childish, having all these little hello kitty figurines all over my pc case and putting any more stuff in my car would be tasteless' and 'WHIMSY BITCH! WHIMSY! IT'S STILL ALL SMALL! IT'S CUTE! WHIMSY!'

#it's hard cause...like not to get too deep into my issues on a fckn post abt hell0 kıtty figurines but #I had to grow up VERY early and VERY fast and not in a like cutesy I had to study lots kinda way #in a I had to take care of my disabled mom and little brother at the age of 11 kinda way #I had to kinda toss whimsy out the window for a long time #and in that same vein I HAD to get my point across to other adults like no listen I actually am in charge #I am the decision maker for my family. It's me. you're looking at her. this child. #so I kinda also got ashamed of any whimsy I DID want/display cause I HAD to be taken seriously #so in order to do that (especially as a woman) I had to be... well... serious. hard. no whimsy. take me seriously or I fckn cut you. #and I mean I still very much am like that it's not something that goes away #especially cause you know. still a woman. who is also 5 feet tall. and very young looking despite being over 30. #take me seriously if the occasion calls for it or I'll cut you #but also. the whimsy. it calls. #and now I have all these little hello kitty figurines idk what to do with :( #and that's my overshare on tumblr dot com for the month! #erin explains it all

[maggi-cube]

There’s just so much evil I’ve learned about today I don’t know how to hold it all

#today I saw a East African young woman who was freed from slavery talking about being trafficked #the torture and death she witnessed #elsewhere children are dying slowly meanwhile those literally demonic zionists are partying and laughing #naked co-signing by global governments #Sudan #Congo #there’s even the Congress trying to sneak Kosa by today (16th) #i donate an esim only to find it’s not even useful anymore cause the power is cut and the world is full of shit #i boycott + I’m too broke anyway #student protest #gotta call my reps tmr #even though they WILL ignore us #i’m losing my mind #and literally everyone is in on it in ways I’ve never personally experienced before although I studied it #it’s so jarring #to know is one thing but to witness something so wrong is literally so disorienting I’m dizzy just thinking of it #don’t you get tired of hurting other people? doesn’t it hurt you? why doesn’t it hurt you? why? why? why?

[miss-morgans-lover]

Quotes from my friends:

TW: Mentions Pornogr4phy

"Just gonna link to my pornography point" - @richiesnotaloserguyscmon on Promising Young Women (I think?)

#film student #film studies #film #promising young woman #quotes from my teachers

[benevolent-blackhole]

While we’re at it, a more niche complaint: the idea that the teenager was invented post-WWII. It’s US-centric and weird. The teenager as a consumer product was invented in the 1950s. But if you’re interested in any other aspect of youth besides them buying shit, than it’s somewheres in the 19th century amidst the panics about this strange new thing called an adolescent. There is little substantially different between a teen and an adolescent.

#so tired of Americanists who don’t even study youth and childhood arguing with me about this #youth delinquency was an obsession 19th century on #The Young Woman and the Flapper were talked about the same way teen girls were later #there were parenting guides for parenting teenagers #there were books #just not a mass consumer market

[mintharasthrone]

what in the pregnancy propaganda

#“reverses biological aging in women’ yale is lying #and also taking care of a baby doesn’t stress out your body and health #??? #kids don’t lead to a shorter life?? #like we even needed a study on it because it’s common sense #wasn’t there an article once that even talked about research saying having kids ages women faster than smoking and being overweight ??? #and there’s so many factors to add to it #men adding to the burden and not helping #poverty #financial stress #social stress #there is endless stressors for women #giving birth can kill or disable you #pregnancy is stressful not anti-aging #trauma of being a woman leads to autoimmune diseases #insanity #to also tell women they should have kids just to look young